intervenient

American  

[in-ter-veen-yuhnt] / ˌɪn tərˈvin jənt /

adjective

1. intervening, as in place, time, order, or action.

2. incidental; extraneous.

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noun

1. a person who intervenes.

Etymology

Origin of intervenient

1595–1605; < Latin intervenient- (stem of interveniēns ) coming between, present participle of intervenīre. See intervene, -ent

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Example Sentences

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intervenient

Transit across the intervenient space being at present impracticable, we have to derive our most enlarged views of this "spotty globe" from the "optic glass."

From Moon Lore by Timothy Harley

Numerous editions succeeded, in which it is well known that every intervenient occurrence of moment was sure to be introduced, always preceded by the date of impression, so as to establish the claim of prophecy.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 101, October 4, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

He would sit down then and there, and write to the offended or alarmed lady, and lay his piteous case before her in his own words and rely on her compassion, without an intervenient.

From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

But then daily debility and occasional sickness were far overbalanced by intervenient days, and, perhaps, weeks void of pain, and overflowing with comfort.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 by James Boswell

Although the theme is really the procession of life through countless generations, it obtains a tone of sadness from the sense of intervenient decay and change.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by John Addington Symonds

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